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Anna and Rich Lundin created the Honors Summer Research Fellowships to provide meaningful and immediate support to NMU Honors Program students who have proposed or are engaging in exceptional research.

Kayley Porta '18

Crime Scene Investigation

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A donor funded scholarship awarded me the opportunity to spend last Summer as an intern in Milwaukee's Crime Lab. This internship was an incomparable opportunity to work and learn hands on in the lab.

So much
more than
an education

Northern prepared me for the real world.
I learned skills that went beyond the classroom and prepared me to work in the industry. The education along with the University experience and sense of community among the students made for an incredible college experience.

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ALI FULSHER

FACULTY ADVISOR: Dr. Alan Rebertus, Biology

TITLE: Holism in German Philosophy and Gestalt Psychology

I am using an interdisciplinary approach, combining history and psychology, to research the philosophical and institutional underpinnings of Gestalt psychology in the early 20th century Germany. In 1912, psychologist Max Wertheimer published his famous work “Experimental Studies of the Perception of Motion,” marking the beginning of Gestalt psychology. After 100 years, many of its principles still inform psychological research today, particularly in the study of perception. My research aims to explain the holistic approach the Gestalt psychologists took in their theories of perception by exploring the philosophical context they grew up, particularly the influence of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Baruch Spinoza on Max Wertheimer’s worldview. An interdisciplinary approach, my research employs historical methods of source analysis and contextualization to psychology content; it is a great way to combine my dual passions and majors.

ELISABETH FUST

FACULTY ADVISOR: Prof. Monica McFawn, English

TITLE: Self-Publishing a Non Fiction Travel Narrative

My summer research project explores nonfiction writing and the growing industry of independent self-publishing. I tied my project to a NMU faculty led study abroad with Dr. David Wood and in conjunction with a session at the University of Roehampton, London, to Stratford-upon-Avon and London, England that I went on this June. While I was preparing to study abroad, while traveling abroad, and on my return I wrote about my experiences as a first time traveler to create a narrative for other students considering studying abroad. Over the rest of the summer I am formatting, editing, and compiling my travel narrative. Self-publishing in the publishing industry is growing and experiencing every part of the publishing process from writing the narrative to creating a cover design can help prepare for publishing my own works and working as a publisher.

GEORGIA HARRISON

FACULTY ADVISOR: Dr. Alan Rebertus, Biology

TITLE: Impact of Rock Climbing on Lichen Communities in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

I am interested in determining if rock-climbing impacts lichen communities. Specifically, species diversity, richness (number of different species), and overall coverage on rock climbing locations around Marquette and throughout the Upper Peninsula. Further than the scientific value, this information will be useful and shared with the climbing community, possibly for conservation outreach. In addition, knowledge of lichen species will convey the uniqueness of these environments, and the impactful role people play on these ecological communities.

PAUL LaPLANT

FACULTY ADVISOR: Dr. Alan Rebertus, Biology

TITLE: Impact of Rock Climbing on Lichen Communities in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

I am interested in determining if rock-climbing impacts lichen communities. Specifically, species diversity, richness (number of different species), and overall coverage on rock climbing locations around Marquette and throughout the Upper Peninsula. Further than the scientific value, this information will be useful and shared with the climbing community, possibly for conservation outreach. In addition, knowledge of lichen species will convey the uniqueness of these environments, and the impactful role people play on these ecological communities.

REGAN McKAY

FACULTY ADVISOR: Prof. Paul Truckey, Theatre

TITLE: Feminism and Contemporary Staging of Greek Drama

My research focuses on the emerging field in the world of theatre called dramaturgy, which is the practice of historically researching and developing a brand new play while collaborating with designers, directors, actors, and often the playwright themselves.

My project is called "Antigone 2016," and I'm using the concept of dramaturgy to update the classic Greek play "Antigone" and draw complex political conclusions about its points about women related to the state of women in America under President Trump. I will be producing my work in the 2018 Fringe Festival at the Forest Roberts Theatre, and acting in the role of Antigone. This work represents the addition of dramaturgy to NMU's Theatre program and is helping me to grow within the field to which I would like to apply my degrees.

NICK SHORTREED

The research project I have been working on is looking to convert the type of T-cell typically used in adoptive T-cell transfer therapy (CD8+ T-cell) into what is known as a “stem-cell memory” T-cell (TSCM). This project was developed as a collaborative effort between The Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center at Northern Michigan University and the Liau Lab at University of California - Los Angeles. With the support of the Lundin Research Fellowship, I traveled to UCLA and am spending ten weeks working with Dr. Robert Prins Ph.D., Dr. Linda Liau M.D., Ph.D., and NMU alumnus, Horacio Soto M.S. to determine if we can “reprogram” CD8+ T-cells to TSCM cells by treating them with several epigenetic modulating drugs commonly used as chemotherapeutic agents for treating cancer patients.

OLIVIA WALCOTT

We are working with the Marquette County Conservation District to monitor vegetation survival and growth in two mitigation wetlands located near Presque Isle Park in Marquette. Our research will contribute to a long-term collaborative project requiring annual monitoring of wetland hydrology and vegetation and control of invasive species for the purpose of establishing forested mitigation wetlands on Presque Isle.